Tradition 34 of 35
Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends
Mythic systems, traditional folklore, sacred and supernatural legends, fairy tales, and documented folk beliefs that preserve or contextualize magical, spiritual, anomalous, and otherworldly traditions.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 20,091
- Earliest
- 1000
- to 2026
- Read free
- 72%
- 14,383 with public full text
- With covers
- 72%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match17,236
- Metadata match585
- Query match2,265
- Source classification (retained through merging)5
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- Folklore3.6K
- Legends2.1K
- Fairy tales1.8K
- Tales1.5K
- Fiction1.4K
- History1.1K
- Mythology840
- Early works to 1800760
- Poetry694
- Juvenile fiction684
- Translations into English635
- Social life and customs617
- History and criticism530
- Drama509
- Juvenile literature491
- Religion485
- Greek Mythology475
- Superstition473
- Classical Mythology437
- Short Stories350
- Indians of North America341
- Children's stories334
- Horror tales293
- Biography292
Top languages
- English8,343 · 42%
- German4,162 · 21%
- French1,648 · 8%
- Latin836 · 4%
- NOT738 · 4%
Notable authors
All authors- ca. v6. Jh Aesopus135 books
- Hans Christian Andersen102 in this tradition103 books
- Andrew Lang70 in this tradition83 books
- Charles Perrault66 in this tradition76 books
- Nathaniel Hawthorne64 in this tradition74 books
- ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus58 books
- Euripides56 in this tradition59 books
- Jacob Grimm55 books
- Benjamin Blake52 books
- Edgar Allan Poe51 in this tradition63 books
- Jean de La Fontaine50 in this tradition56 books
- Wilhelm Grimm50 in this tradition53 books
20,091 books
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Notes and Queries, Number 220, January 14, 1854
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Notes and Queries, Number 225, February 18, 1854
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Notes and Queries, Number 226, February 25, 1854
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Notes and Queries, Number 229, March 18, 1854
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 23, April 6, 1850
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Notes and Queries, Number 231, April 1, 1854
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 233, April 15, 1854
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 241, June 10, 1854
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 25, April 20, 1850
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Notes and Queries, Number 27, May 4, 1850
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Notes and Queries, Number 28, May 11, 1850
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Notes and Queries, Number 29, May 18, 1850
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Notes and Queries, Number 30, May 25, 1850
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Notes and Queries, Number 31, June 1, 1850
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Notes and Queries, Number 32, June 8, 1850
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Notes and Queries, Number 34, June 22, 1850
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 36, July 6, 1850
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Notes and Queries, Number 37, July 13, 1850
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Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850
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Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850
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Notes and Queries, Number 40, August 3, 1850
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Notes and Queries, Number 41, August 10, 1850
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Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850
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